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Shinto shrines of the Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine.
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TRAVEL: January 2020
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Two-storied Gate, Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, Kyoto, Japan, 2020.
Note the foxes guarding the gate.
Roof detail of Two-storied Gate, Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, Kyoto, Japan, 2020.
The Haiden, the hall of worship, is the main shrine at the Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, Kyoto, Japan, 2020.
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Kagura-den, also called maidono or buden, Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, Kyoto, Japan, 2020.
The Kagura-den is the building witin a Shinto shrine where the sacred dance (kagura) and music are offered to the kami.
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Detail of Kagura-den roof, Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, Kyoto, Japan, 2020.
Smaller stone shrine along the Senbon Torii, Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, Kyoto, Japan, 2020.
Smaller shrine within the grounds features many sized torii gates, Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, Kyoto, Japan, 2020.
Small torii shrine, Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, Kyoto, Japan, 2020.
One of the many fox guard/messengers of the kami Inari known as kitsune, Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, Kyoto, Japan, 2020.
The bib is red because red, since ancient times, is the color to defend against evil.
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page last revised january 2020